Table of Contents

Van Buren, Alhanati, Introduction.
Grotstein, "Orphans of O" The Negative Therapeutic
Reaction and the Longing for the Childhood that Never Was.
Ferro, Experiencing Emotions, Avoiding Emotions: Between
Hercules and Puss-in-Boots. Williams, Incorporation of an
Invasive Object. Fix Korbivcher, The Theory of
Transformations and Autistic States. Autistic Transformations: A
Proposal. Robinson, A Binocular View of Adhesion: From
Prenatal Contiguity to Postnatal Appetite. Wilheim, The
Trauma of Conception - Cellular Memory. Van
Buren, Thoughts Without a Thinker. Gonzalez, Nothing
Comes From Nothing: Failed Births, Dead Babies. Chuster,
The Origins of the Unconscious: Framework of The Future Mind.
Reiner, Pre-verbal Language in the Treatment of a Mother
and Infant: A Clinical Exploration. Norman,
Transformations of Early Infantile Experience: A 6-month Old in
Psychoanalysis. Salomonsson "Talk to Me Baby, Tell Me
What's The Matter Now." Semiotic and Developmental Perspectives on
Communication in Psychoanalytic Infant Treatment.

About the Author

Jane Van Buren is a Psychoanalyst in full time private practice in
Los Angeles, California and training and supervising analyst at the
Psychoanalytic Centre of California. She has written widely on the
themes of women and children, culture and psychoanalysis. Shelley
Alhanati is a psychoanalyst in northern California, and is a
Supervising Analyst and faculty member of the Psychoanalytic
Institute of Northern California. She has lectured and written
widely on various topics in psychoanalytic theory as well as on
fetal, infant, and child developmental research.

Reviews

'This is an exceptional book!the scholarship is outstanding and the
integrity of the authors and their work is evident throughout'
Thomas H. Ogden, Director, Centre for the Advanced Study of the
Psychoses; Personal and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic
Institute of Northern California, USA

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